M4.5 earthquake 80 km WSW of Uyuni, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 80 km WSW of Uyuni, Bolivia on Sun, Dec 19, 2021, 6:23 AM GMT-4 (10:23 UTC), 212 km (131 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-19 10:23:02 UTC
- Depth
- 211.5 km (131.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.792° S, 67.516° W
- Region
- Bolivia
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 9.6 km horizontally, 9.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 72°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2110 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 1749 days ago · 254 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.5145 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1743 days ago · 167 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.2114 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1713 days ago · 226 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.4112 km WSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1709 days ago · 168 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.0110 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1701 days ago · 213 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.552 km W of Colchani, Bolivia · 1700 days ago · 208 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.4119 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 1690 days ago · 187 km deep · 46 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000gdkr. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:17 AM UTC.